Psalm 10

Psalm 10American Standard Version (ASV)

A prayer for the overthrow of the wicked.

10 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah?Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?2 In the pride of the wicked [a]the poor [b]is hotly pursued;[c]Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire,And [d]the covetous renounceth, yea, [e]contemneth Jehovah.4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it.All his thoughts are, There is no God.5 His ways are [f]firm at all times;Thy judgments are far above out of his sight:As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved;To all generations I shall not be in adversity.7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and [g]oppression:Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages;In the secret places doth he murder the innocent;His eyes are privily set against the [h]helpless.9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert;He lieth in wait to catch the poor:He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.10 [i]He croucheth, he boweth down,And the [j]helpless fall by his strong ones.11 He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten;He hideth his face, he will never see it.12 Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand:Forget not the [k]poor.13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God,And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest [l]mischief and spite, [m]to requite it with thy hand:The [n]helpless committeth himself unto thee;Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.15 Break thou the arm of the wicked;And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever:The [o]nations are perished out of his land.17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek:Thou wilt [p]prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

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